Pike County Jail Criminal Court Process

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Criminal Court Process for Pike County Alabama

Troy, home of Troy University, is the Pike County seat. The Pike County Judicial Complex on North Three Notch Street puts the courtrooms, the circuit clerk, the Sheriff's Office and the jail on one campus. Circuit Court tries felonies there, and District Court handles state misdemeanors plus early felony hearings. Troy and Brundidge each run a city court. The 12th Judicial Circuit District Attorney, whose main office is in Enterprise, prosecutes Pike and Coffee state cases. Pike adult arrests are booked at the Pike County Jail, run by Sheriff Russell Thomas, where bail must be posted before release.

Which Pike court takes the charge. Pike County District Court hears misdemeanors filed by deputies, state troopers and campus officers, and every Pike felony starts there. Troy and Brundidge police send city ordinance charges and in-town misdemeanors to their own city courts. After the first appearance and any preliminary hearing, a felony goes to a Pike grand jury and, once indicted, to Circuit Court. No jury sits in District or city court; a guilty Pike defendant gets 14 days to appeal for a new Circuit Court trial and may ask for jurors.

Where Pike pretrial inmates are held. The Sheriff's Pike County Jail at 1322 N. Three Notch Street holds deputy arrests and most felony defendants. Troy police handle arrests inside the city, and a Troy city charge must be bonded through Troy Municipal Court. Ask the jail line or Troy police which building has the person. Cash, surety and property bonds are all used in Pike County.

Pike courts: Three Notch Street, Troy, Brundidge and juvenile

State courts

  • Circuit Court and District Court, Pike County Judicial Complex, 1318 N. Three Notch St., Troy; clerk either (334) 566-5113 or (334) 566-4622
  • Juvenile court: held in Troy at the Judicial Complex, with intake by Juvenile Probation, (334) 566-5548

Municipal courts

  • Troy Municipal Court, 300 E. Elm St., Troy, (334) 566-4248
  • Brundidge Municipal Court, Brundidge, (334) 735-2887
  • Banks and Goshen: ask the town hall or the circuit clerk where a charge is set.

Pike County judges appoint lawyers for defendants who cannot pay; a city court judge can also name a lawyer for a city charge. Someone held on a Troy or Brundidge charge must post that city's bond.

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Pike misdemeanors: underage drinking, DUI, mischief, marijuana

Pike misdemeanor arrestees, Troy University students among them, can go home after posting bail from the state chart, from $300 up to $6,000 for a Class A offense. A domestic violence arrest is held until a judge or magistrate sets terms, up to 24 hours under Alabama law. Anyone still held gets a probable-cause ruling within 48 hours of a warrantless arrest, or sees a judge within 72 hours on a warrant.

  • Arraignment in Troy or Brundidge municipal court or in Pike County District Court; request appointed counsel there if you cannot afford a lawyer.
  • Pleas, pretrial diversion or a trial before the judge.
  • In Pike County, second-degree marijuana possession and third-degree criminal mischief are Class A misdemeanors (as long as 12 months and $6,000); minor in possession of alcohol is a lesser offense.
  • A first Pike DUI: as long as 12 months in jail, a $600 to $2,100 fine and a 90-day suspension; drivers under 21 face penalties from a 0.02 blood-alcohol level.

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Pike felonies: cocaine, marijuana for sale, burglary, identity theft

Pike felony defendants stay at the Pike County Jail until they post bail, which runs on the state chart from $1,000 for a Class D felony to $30,000 for a Class B.

  1. Initial appearance and decision on appointed counsel.
  2. Preliminary hearing in District Court, if demanded within 30 days of arrest and before indictment.
  3. Pike County grand jury; an indictment moves the case to Circuit Court, and a defendant may waive indictment to plead.
  4. Circuit arraignment, followed by a plea deal or jury trial at the Three Notch Street complex.

Pike sentencing ranges: cocaine possession is a Class D felony, 366 days to 5 years; marijuana held for sale is first-degree possession, Class C, up to 10 years; third-degree burglary and identity theft are Class C. Alabama's presumptive standards point many nonviolent Pike cases toward probation or community corrections, while the Habitual Felony Offender Act raises the range after earlier felonies. Many Troy defendants are college age, so youthful offender status matters: anyone under 21 on the offense date can apply, and a granted request seals the file and caps the term at three years.

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Pike violent felonies: capital murder, robbery, shooting into a car, assault

Violent felony defendants stay at the Pike County Jail while the case moves. Aniah's Law lets 12th Circuit prosecutors seek a Troy hearing to withhold bail for first-degree robbery, murder and similar crimes, and Amendment 1, approved by voters May 19, 2026, reaches attempted murder and Pike shootings at a house or car with people inside, under the 2026 change.

  • First-degree robbery: Class A, 10 to 99 years or life, at least 20 with a gun or deadly weapon.
  • Shooting into an occupied vehicle or building: Class B, 2 to 20 years.
  • First-degree assault: Class B, with a 10-year minimum when a firearm is used.
  • A Pike capital murder conviction means death or life in prison without parole; Pike judges can refuse bond when proof is evident.

The Pike court appoints a qualified lawyer for any defendant who cannot pay.

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Pike youths under 18

Pike juvenile cases start with Pike County Juvenile Probation, (334) 566-5548. Pike youths kept in custody are placed in an out-of-county detention center, and probation staff can confirm the placement. Juvenile court sets no bail, and a detention hearing must be held within 72 hours (§12-15-207).

  • For a first or small Pike offense, an informal adjustment.
  • Probation after an adjudication.
  • Commitment to the Alabama Department of Youth Services for the most serious cases.

Sixteen- and 17-year-olds accused of capital offenses, Class A felonies, felonies with a deadly weapon, Pike felonies ending in death or grave injury, and trafficking charges start in Pike adult court (§12-15-204) and held at the Pike County Jail. Prosecutors can seek to transfer anyone 14 or older to adult court after a hearing (§12-15-203). A child whose family cannot pay for a lawyer receives one at state expense.

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Pike federal charges in Montgomery

Pike County sits in the Northern Division of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, so its federal cases go to the federal courthouse at One Church St., Montgomery, (334) 954-3600. Federal agents bring Pike cases such as drug distribution, guns held by felons and fraud on federal programs.

In place of a bail chart, a magistrate judge decides at a Bail Reform Act detention hearing whether a Pike defendant goes home. Federal Guidelines shape a Pike sentence, parole is not available, and a defendant without money is given a federal defender or CJA lawyer. The U.S. Marshals for the Middle District answer at (334) 922-6960; sentenced prisoners appear in the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

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Three Notch Street, Troy and Brundidge court numbers

Pike state cases are heard at the Judicial Complex in Troy, and city charges go to Troy or Brundidge:

Our Pike County bail guide explains paying in Troy, and the Alabama Rule 7.2 bail schedule (https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr7_2.pdf) shows the bands.

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Federal charges from Pike County

Pike federal cases belong to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama:

  • Clerk: the federal courthouse in Montgomery, One Church Street, Montgomery, AL 36104, 334-954-3600
  • U.S. Marshals: U.S. Marshals Service, 1 Church Street, Suite A-100, Montgomery, AL 36104, 334-922-6960

A Montgomery magistrate judge rules on release for a Pike defendant, with the Marshals choosing where that person waits.

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Looking up a Pike County prisoner

See our Pike County inmate page for more.

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ICE holds on Pike County prisoners

An ICE detainer lets the Troy jail hold a Pike prisoner two working days at most beyond Pike County would free them.

  • Field office: ICE New Orleans Field Office, 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360
  • Short-stay jails in Alabama: Baldwin County Correctional Center in Bay Minette, Etowah County Jail in Gadsden and Pickens County Detention Center in Carrollton
  • Locator: ICE Online Detainee Locator System (https://locator.ice.gov/odls/)

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Pike County warrant and docket searches

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This Pike County court page is background, not legal advice, and Troy offices or numbers may change. For advice on a specific Pike case, hire a licensed Alabama defense lawyer. Ask the circuit clerk about appointed lawyers and dates at (334) 566-5113; for the county jail, call (334) 566-4347; for a Troy city arrest, call Troy police at (334) 566-0500.

Pike hearings get rescheduled, so call the clerk at 334-566-5113 or the city court before going to Troy, and ask the jail at 334-566-4347 whether the person is still held.

Courts

BRUNDIDGE MUNICIPAL COURT
146 S MAIN ST
BRUNDIDGE AL, 36010
334-735-2887
PIKE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JDG
120 W CHURCH ST
TROY AL, 36081
334-566-1307
TROY MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK
300 E ELM ST
TROY AL, 36081
334-566-4248
PIKE COUNTY COURT HOUSE
120 W CHURCH ST
TROY AL, 36081
334-566-5113

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